Where I am: Member Photos

This forum is for sharing with others pics of your home town, your office, or just where you are now. Have you ever wondered what a view from an office in Sydney looks like? Or downtown Saint Petersburg? Or what a typical developer's den in in steamy Thailand looks like?

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"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare

Do most of you even know what a polder[^] is?
Well, as a Dutchie, I live in one!
It's quite far from the cities, the nearest big city is Rotterdam at a little over 50 km.
My current commute to Utrecht is about 100 km (a good hour drive), but luckily I can work from home one or two days a week (out of four).

Anyway, I wouldn't want to move because it's just too quiet and beautiful over here!
These pictures were taken just outside my house (I live on the edge of the village) where I like to go for walks.
It's all farmlands.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

Ever heard of the phrase "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."?
I'm that violent psychopath
Dumping bodies is also a nice skill on your resume

I'm familiar with the phrase. My problem with using psychopaths for maintenance or QA is that they let their emotions control. That causes them to make mistakes.

I much prefer the old-fashioned methods - proper design, good coding practices, etc., the idea being that if a bug makes it all the way to QA - something has gone very wrong. Of course, I don't work in "Internet time"...

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Welcome to the Netherlands!
Our highest "mountain" is the Vaalserberg with its peak at 322 m
I live on the coast at minus a few meters (we have dykes to keep the water out, another Dutch "invention"!).

Looks very tranquil and peaceful. Exactly the kind of place I'd love to live.

"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare